Anyone ask for a new placement
We have been in our school for 4 years and DD1 is 8 and in 2nd grade. She has autism and apraxia plus a possible learning disability. I have a feeling the school and special ed teacher just can't figure out how to teach her. She still doesn't know her letters, numbers, alphabet, colors, and shapes. She is making progress but no where near what she make. There is a specialized school about 25 minutes from us that deals with kids with autism, ADHD, behavior issues, etc. But now I need to prove the school is not teaching her and even though she is making progress I feel she could make more elsewhere. She does have an IEP and we are having a meeting in 2 weeks to revise it. That's when I want to bring up that I am looking for a new placement for her. Not sure how much they will fight it but assuming they will. Anyone gotten their school district to pay to have their child go to school elsewhere? I feel bad as the special education teacher is trying so hard and has been doing this for over 20 yrs and just can't figure out how to teach her.
Anyone ask for a new placement
How is the ABA program coming along? What skills are they working on? Ad how do they affect learning at school? Is there any overlap a all? IMO what school districts provide for an child on the spectrum is a subset of a full fledged ABA program, although it is possible that ABA companies funded through insurance do not do education related goals. However, I feel that ther must be an overlap of challenges being targeted. If her ABA team were to take on some of the IEP goals, would they be more likely to succeed?
ETA: how did the ABA team come on board? D ou have a medical diagnosis or a diagnosis from the school district? When was the last time the SD did an in depth assessment? Per my understanding, a triennial is supposed to be an in-depth assessment, correct? Has that happened? Sorry, I don't mean to bombard with questions. I am just asking these to get you thinking. These could give you some sense of what to ask at the IEP meeting. I think you should go in with some questions, listen, process and leave the meeting to process more later and have a follow up. For each of the services she is receiving, when was the last testing done? Fr the ASD label itself, what testing did they do? What will they continue to do?